Energy Centre

Energy Centre
General information
TypeOffice, Retail
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates29°57′01″N 90°04′32″W / 29.95028°N 90.07556°W / 29.95028; -90.07556
Completed
1984
Height
Roof530 feet (162 m)
Technical details
Floor count39
Floor area761,500 square feet (70,746 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectHKS, Inc.
Structural engineer
HKS, Inc.
Website
https://energycentre.us/
References

The Energy Centre, located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 39-story, 530 feet (162 m) -tall skyscraper designed by HKS, Inc. It is the fourth tallest building in both the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana.

Location

The Energy Centre has an official address of 1100 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70163, but there is no entrance on Poydras and the main public entrances are in the 500-block of Loyola Avenue. It occupies the block bounded by Poydras, Loyola, South Rampart Street, and Lafayette St. (the last of which is pedestrian-only in this block).

The building annex is an additional, four-storey parking garage adjacent to the tower, in the next block upriver, just across Lafayette Street. The annex garage is accessible from both Loyola Avenue and South Rampart Street.

History

In November 2003, the building was acquired by Behringer Harvard (TIER REIT) for $68.5 million.

The building experienced minor damage during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Some windows near the top of the tower were blown out, however, these windows were mostly false windows that cover the climate control systems on the roof. The ceilings of the overhangs on the street level were badly damaged. Repairs on the building was completed in 2010.

In August 2013, New Orleans CityBusiness reported that Hertz, a California based company, and unnamed local investors were in the process of buying the Energy Centre, which expected to close in September that year. In July 2014, Jacksonville Daily Record reported that the tower had been purchased by Hertz.

In March 2024, NOLA.com reported that the tower became delinquent after Hertz unable to pay its $56.5 million mortgage in October 2023. The building was then foreclosed in August 2024 and bought by the New York based Triangle Capital Group in November 2024.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Energy Centre". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Energy Center". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "About Us". EnergyCentre.us. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ Scott, Mike (July 24, 2023). "Early 1900s heyday of South Rampart is past, but one Classical Revival building is a memorial". NOLA.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Energy Centre". LoopNet. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  6. 1 2 LaRose, Greg (August 19, 2013). "Hertz, local partners have contract to buy Energy Centre". New Orleans CityBusiness. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ Mikells, Bruce (February 17, 2023). "Louisiana Ends Road Home Program after 17 Years". 97.3 The Dawg. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Energy Centre: Renovation & Window Replacement". VergesRome Architects. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ Mathis, Karen Brune (July 11, 2014). "Hertz Investment Group buys Bank of America Tower for $88M". Jacksonville Daily Record. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  10. ↑ McAuley, Anthony (March 20, 2024). "A debt 'time bomb' looms for New Orleans' downtown office market". NOLA.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  11. ↑ McAuley, Anthony (November 29, 2024). "New Orleans' fourth-largest office tower gets a new owner after foreclosure". NOLA.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.